Japan: A chef stands in a restaurant in the Abeno Harukas building, operated by Kintetsu Corp., at dusk in Osaka, Japan, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Japan's tallest building will open this week in Osaka, surpassing Landmark Tower near Tokyo, as Asia's third-biggest metropolitan economy aims to lure tourists and businesses and stem moves to the capital.

Photo: Yuzuru Yoshikawa, Bloomberg

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Pennsylvania: Steam rises from the compost mixture prepared by workers at Kaolin Mushroom Farm Inc. in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. According to The Mushroom Festival Inc., over 65 percent of the mushrooms consumed in the United States are grown in Southern Chester County where Kennett Square is located. Photographer: Craig Warga/Bloomberg

France: A view of French 'baguette' breads with number tags ahead of their consideration by a jury in the 'Best baguette of Paris' contest, on March 13, 2014, in Paris. Hundreds of bakers in the French capital compete in the annual contest, hoping to win the coveted 'Best baguette of Paris' title.

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El Salvador: A fisherman holds his net in La Libertad, 35 km south of San Salvador, El Salvador on February 23, 2014. The fishing industry has grown some 45% in the last 15 years in Central America.

Philippines: Filipino fish dealer, Arturo Del Rosario, mixes fish and salt in containers at a fish port in Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 13, 2014. The containers are then brought to a factory where they are made into a popular Filipino condiment locally called "bagoong" or fish paste.

Mexico: Workers cut agave plants to reveal the pina, or pineapple that is at the core, before they are transported to ovens for baking at Tequila Don Julio SA de CV's La Primavera distillery in Atotonilco, in the state of Guadalajara, Mexico, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Tequila Don Julio SA de CV makes a range of handcrafted, 100 percent blue Weber agave tequilas. Mexico is working to export more tequila to China, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio said in an interview.

France: A basket of truffles is displayed as people gather at the truffle market of Lalbenque, the biggest in southwestern France on December 3, 2013. French truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed off fraudulently as the hugely prized local variety.

Photo: REMY GABALDA, AFP/Getty Images

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Japan: A buyer walks near billfish ahead of an auction at the fish market in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, March 7, 2014. Reconstruction of Tohoku, the northern Japan region devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, continues as the third anniversary of the disaster approaches.

Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi, Bloomberg

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Workers from Kafaf, a charitable foundation, distribute food to residents at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of Damascus.

Brazil: A woman prepares to pay for a purchase at a fruit and vegetable stand at a market in the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

Photo: Dado Galdieri, Bloomberg

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Philippines: A National Food Authority (NFA) worker makes an inventory of rice stocks at a government rice warehouse in Taguig, Metro Manila March 11, 2014. Overall rice stocks in the Philippines fell to their lowest in four months in February, data showed on Monday, increasing pressure on Manila to import more of the national staple. The country has been expected to ship in more rice to boost supply as it battles local prices that have risen for seven straight weeks, with speculation rife on the timing and size of any tender.